I have a painful bump on my left big toe, located at the bottom corner of the nail (the the skin running along the bottom side of the nail bed is swollen also, but mostly it is the largest on the bottom right side of the nail). The nail has not grown for at least three and a half months (I happened to have a pedicure at that time, and have since had to trim all my other toe nails but this one isn't growing longer at all.) I was prescribed oral antibiotics and applying neosporin w/a band aid and soaking which did not help and now I'm usig anti-fungal cream and wearing open toed shoes as much as possible.
While it does feel better to wear open toed shoes - it is not making it any better (just doesn't irritate it in the moment) and I need to wear tennis shoes for exercise etc... At times it doesn't hurt at all (without shoes) and sometimes it hurts for no apparent reason (without shoes). Wearing closed toed shoes for anything irritates it more. The nail is not ingrown, and it doesn't look like hammertoes or warts. Any ideas of what it could be?